hybris - Great Wall

The Great Wall of China

Was origionally constructed after the warring states period during the Qin dynasty
The wall was a reinforcement of the existing walls built along the northern end of the empire
- these walls were built by the lords of the territories in the Warring states period
Was not a huge continuous wall
Was multiple walls costructed with on sight materials with natural fortifications in between them
- In the mountains the walls were stone
- In the planes the walls were earthen with boarded fronts
- the natural fortifications included rivers, mountains, and other impassible terrain
Multiple other dynasties such as the Han, Sui, and Jin dynasty spent a lot of effort to repair, rebuild, mantain the wall
Modern great wall was not built until the Ming dynasty
- Stronger because was built entirely of bricks
Estimated that 1 million workers died in the construction of the Great Wall of China